23 h. ago Scientists find remains of the last surviving dinosaurs: Fossils confirm the creatures were in their prime when the asteroid hit 66 million years ago

What really happened around the time when the asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago? Scientists may finally have the answer.

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3 d. ago Miami woman who entrusted dog to Rover sitter shocked to find pet’s cremated remains when she returned from vacation

Eilyn Jimenez suspects her dog was cremated to cover up evidence of her cause of death, she told a local media outlet

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4 d. ago ‘Smash, grab, melt it down’: how material value likely motivated the Louvre heist

Experts say thieves would struggle to find a buyer if the stolen goods remained intactTo break into the world’s most-visited museum in broad daylight, grab eight pieces of priceless Napoleonic jewellery and vanish into the Paris traffic on humble scooters may seem like the most audacious of crimes, carried out for international notoriety and ensuing Hollywood film treatments.Experts who observe trends in international art crime, however, see Sunday morning’s heist at the Louvre as something more prosaic: the latest in a series of smash-and-grab thefts focused more on the material value of precious stones or metals than the artifacts’ significance, continuing a pattern that has emerged over the last decade in Germany, Britain and the US. The location, they suggest, would have been of secondary concern to the criminals. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Philadelphia police find human remains in search for missing woman

Philadelphia police have found human remains near where investigators were searching for a 23-year-old woman who disappeared from her nursing home job about two weeks ago

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1 week ago Mom, boyfriend and aunt all arrested after cops find remains of murdered 12

Investigators have confirmed that the 12-year-old died in the fall of 2024 and that he remains were found in an “advanced state of decomposition”

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1 week ago ‘My heart is broken’: Palestinians begin searching the Gaza rubble for their dead

Using manual tools and their bare hands, people start the immense task of trying to find their loved ones’ remainsGhali Khadr spent two days pleading with his parents to flee with him to southern Gaza, warning them that it was too dangerous to stay. His father, known for being stubborn, refused. Their argument was never finished – an Israeli airstrike hit his father’s home, burying his parents beneath the rubble.On Sunday, two days after the ceasefire was announced, Khadr returned to search through the ruins of his parents’ home. He spent the day sifting through shattered concrete and twisted metal for any sign of them. All he managed to find were some shards of their skulls and parts of their hands. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Girl walks into bathroom at home to find decapitated man in bath with knife in his neck

A schoolgirl was horrified to find the decapitated remains of her mum's boyfriend in the bath after her older brother allegedly warned her he had 'done something bad'

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2 w. ago Businesses in Scotland remain ‘pessimistic’ on economy, survey finds

Many companies also reported they had no preparations for net zero.

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2 w. ago Police find human remains in search for Malgorzata Wnuczek after disappearance nearly 20 years ago

Malgorzata Wnuczek was living in Leicester when she disappeared on May 31, 2006

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3 w. ago Renewed search for British toddler who vanished 55 years ago ends without police finding her remains

Cheryl Grimmer, a British-born toddler, vanished from an NSW beach more than half a century ago

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3 w. ago Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas

Experts are finding new and more humane ways to protect the last 74 southern resident killer whalesNestled between the US state of Washington and Vancouver Island, the San Juan Islands are a vibrant haven for North American wildlife. Here, all of the world’s remaining 74 southern resident sub-species of orcas find sanctuary, surfacing daily from the depths of the Salish Sea.Out at sea watching the whales is Dr Deborah Giles, an orca scientist, with her colleague, Eba. Eba is a brown and white rescue dog with a remarkable nose. Found as a cold, wet, five-month-old puppy on the streets of Sacramento, she has been detecting whale scat – or faeces – since the age of four. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago At least four dead and eight injured after shooting at Mormon church in Michigan

Church allegedly set ablaze by gunman on weekend when shooting attacks also took place in North Carolina, Texas and New OrleansAt least four people were killed and eight others injured after a gunman opened fire at a Mormon church in Michigan and then set the building ablaze, authorities said.Two of the shooting victims died and eight others were hospitalised, officials said initially, while the gunman was shot dead by police. Several hours after the shooting, police reported finding at least two more bodies in the charred remains of the church, which had not yet been cleared and may contain other victims. Continue reading...

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